February 2021: Hurray! After a few months of work in iterative steps [constructing, testing, adjusting… and again] my bitmap font is now finally ready. By just moving one pixel at a time—with only 5 px for the x-height and letter width—SquarePants Mono took shape. It is astonishing to see how far one can push the contours of the glyphs to sometimes ‘weird’ graphics, but still make us think we’re reading Roman characters! Bitmapping as an act of mindfulness and a useful training in managing contrast.



With more than 200(!) glyphs SquarePants Mono contains a full Google Fonts Basic character set. Use this fine monospaced font to:

• Imitate the time-honoured look of typewriters
• Create simple tables without further formatting
• Compose plain emails [never use HTML for this!]
• Write computer code

Now add that retro look to your typographic palette! Built in the Netherlands with enjoyment! Get your copy here.

April 2021: A proportional spaced, smaller ‘sister’ is currently under construction.

Tags: 8-bit, computer, grid, matrix, monospaced, retro, bitmap